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//! What:
//! The environment variables cli-git adds for every real Git it starts.
//! Why:
//! Native Git must write lock-owner PID files,
//! and a wrapper must be able to
//! notice that another wrapper selected it as "real Git".
//!
//! In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
//! ```ts
//! // spawn(gitPath, args, { env: { ...process.env, ...childEnvironmentOverlay(process.env, gitPath) } });
//! ```
/// What:
/// `OsStr` is borrowed operating-system text;
/// `OsString` is its owned form.
/// They hold raw OS bytes (siblings `&str`/`String` must be valid UTF-8).
/// Why:
/// Environment names and values need not be UTF-8 and are passed through unchanged.
///
/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
/// ```ts
/// // Node exposes process.env as strings; there is no byte-preserving equivalent.
/// ```
use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
/// `Path` is a borrowed filesystem path made of the same raw OS bytes.
use std::path::Path;
/// Git's count variable for environment-supplied configuration.
pub const COUNT_VARIABLE: &str = "GIT_CONFIG_COUNT";
/// What:
/// The variable naming the executable this wrapper selected as real Git.
/// Why:
/// If the selected executable is itself a cli-git wrapper (for example another
/// build that file identity cannot recognise),
/// it finds its own path here and
/// stops instead of forwarding back and forth forever.
///
/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
/// ```ts
/// const FORWARD_TARGET_VARIABLE = 'CLI_GIT_NATIVE_FORWARD_TARGET';
/// ```
pub const FORWARD_TARGET_VARIABLE: &str = "CLI_GIT_NATIVE_FORWARD_TARGET";
/// Key spelling written into the environment;
/// Git compares it case-insensitively.
const LOCKFILE_PID_KEY: &str = "core.lockfilePid";
/// What:
/// Largest count Git accepts (`INT_MAX`),
/// as an unsigned 64-bit integer.
/// Siblings:
/// `u32`,
/// `usize`,
/// `i64`.
/// Why:
/// `u64` holds every value C's `strtoul` can return on a 64-bit platform,
/// so
/// the comparison Git makes can be repeated without wrapping.
///
/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
/// ```ts
/// const GIT_MAX_CONFIG_COUNT = 2_147_483_647;
/// ```
const GIT_MAX_CONFIG_COUNT: u64 = 2_147_483_647;
/// What:
/// Look one variable up the way C's `getenv` does:
/// the first entry wins.
/// `&[(OsString, OsString)]` borrows a list of name/value pairs.
/// `Option<OsString>` is "an owned value or nothing".
/// Why:
/// The overlay must read exactly what the Git child will read.
/// Returning an
/// owned copy keeps the function free of borrow bookkeeping for the caller.
///
/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
/// ```ts
/// function environmentValue(environment: [string, string][], name: string): string | undefined;
/// ```
pub fn environment_value(environment: &[(OsString, OsString)], name: &str) -> Option<OsString> {
// What: `for (key, value) in environment` destructures each borrowed pair.
// Why: The list is small and scanned in its original order.
//
// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
// ```ts
// for (const [key, value] of environment) { ... }
// ```
for (key, value) in environment {
// `key == name` compares OS text with UTF-8 text without converting either.
if key == name {
// What: `Some(value.clone())` wraps an owned copy in the "present" variant.
// Why: The caller may keep the value after the environment list is gone.
//
// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
// ```ts
// return value;
// ```
return Some(value.clone());
}
}
// `None` is the "absent" variant: the variable is not set.
return None;
}
/// What:
/// Parse `GIT_CONFIG_COUNT` exactly as Git 2.56.0 `config.c` does with
/// `strtoul(env, &endp, 10)` followed by its `*endp` and `INT_MAX` checks.
/// `Option<u64>` is `Some(count)` when Git accepts the value,
/// `None` when Git
/// would report "bogus count" or "too many entries".
/// Why:
/// The overlay must append after the entries Git will really read,
/// and must
/// leave a value Git rejects untouched so Git reports the caller's own mistake.
/// `strtoul` skips leading whitespace and accepts one sign;
/// a negated nonzero
/// value wraps above `INT_MAX`,
/// so only `-0` survives with a minus sign.
///
/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
/// ```ts
/// function parseConfigCount(value: string): number | undefined;
/// ```
pub fn parse_config_count(value: &OsStr) -> Option<u64> {
// What: `&[u8]` borrows the value's raw bytes (`u8` is one byte, 0 to 255).
// Why: Only ASCII whitespace, signs and digits are meaningful; anything else rejects.
//
// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
// ```ts
// const bytes = Buffer.from(value);
// ```
let bytes: &[u8] = value.as_encoded_bytes();
// An empty string converts nothing and ends at once: Git reads it as zero entries.
if bytes.is_empty() {
return Some(0);
}
// `usize` is the index type of every Rust list; `mut` allows advancing it.
let mut index: usize = 0;
// C `isspace`: space, tab, line feed, vertical tab, form feed, carriage return.
while index < bytes.len() && [b' ', b'\t', b'\n', 0x0b, 0x0c, b'\r'].contains(&bytes[index]) {
index += 1;
}
let mut negative: bool = false;
if index < bytes.len() && (bytes[index] == b'+' || bytes[index] == b'-') {
negative = bytes[index] == b'-';
index += 1;
}
let first_digit: usize = index;
let mut count: u64 = 0;
while index < bytes.len() && bytes[index].is_ascii_digit() {
// What: `checked_mul`/`checked_add` return `None` on overflow; a trailing `?`
// returns that `None` to our caller, or unwraps the number.
// Why: A value too large for `strtoul` saturates far above `INT_MAX`, which
// Git rejects; overflow therefore means "rejected".
//
// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
// ```ts
// count = count * 10n + BigInt(digit); // BigInt cannot overflow
// ```
count = count
.checked_mul(10)?
.checked_add(u64::from(bytes[index] - b'0'))?;
index += 1;
}
// No digit converted, or bytes remain after the digits: Git's `*endp` check fails.
if index == first_digit || index != bytes.len() {
return None;
}
if negative && count != 0 {
return None;
}
if count > GIT_MAX_CONFIG_COUNT {
return None;
}
return Some(count);
}
/// What:
/// Report whether a configuration value is one of the true spellings cli-git
/// itself writes or recognises (`true`,
/// `yes`,
/// `on`,
/// `1`,
/// any ASCII case).
/// Why:
/// When the last numbered `core.lockfilePid` entry already reads as true,
/// a
/// nested cli-git must not grow the list again.
///
/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
/// ```ts
/// function isTrueSpelling(value: string): boolean;
/// ```
fn is_true_spelling(value: &OsStr) -> bool {
let bytes: &[u8] = value.as_encoded_bytes();
// `b"true"` is a byte-string literal; `.as_slice()` makes the array a borrowed list.
for spelling in [b"true".as_slice(), b"yes", b"on", b"1"] {
if bytes.eq_ignore_ascii_case(spelling) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/// What:
/// Compute the variables that append `core.lockfilePid=true` to an environment's
/// numbered Git configuration.
/// `Vec<(OsString, OsString)>` is an owned list of
/// name/value pairs;
/// it is empty when nothing must change.
/// Why:
/// Native Git then writes an owner PID file beside each lock it takes,
/// which
/// lock-ownership checks rely on.
/// Numbered entries are read before
/// `GIT_CONFIG_PARAMETERS`,
/// so a caller's explicit `-c core.lockfilePid=false`
/// still wins.
/// A count Git would reject,
/// or a numbered entry Git would report
/// as missing,
/// is left untouched so Git reports the caller's own mistake.
///
/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
/// ```ts
/// function lockfilePidOverlay(environment: [string, string][]): [string, string][];
/// ```
pub fn lockfile_pid_overlay(environment: &[(OsString, OsString)]) -> Vec<(OsString, OsString)> {
// What: `match` picks by variant: an unset variable is zero entries; a set one is parsed.
// Why: Only a count Git accepts tells us where the next free index is.
//
// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
// ```ts
// const count = raw === undefined ? 0 : parseConfigCount(raw);
// ```
let count: u64 = match environment_value(environment, COUNT_VARIABLE) {
None => 0,
Some(raw) => {
// `let Some(x) = ... else { return ... };` unwraps the accepted count or exits.
let Some(parsed) = parse_config_count(raw.as_os_str()) else {
// `Vec::new()` is the empty owned list: nothing to add.
return Vec::<(OsString, OsString)>::new();
};
parsed
}
};
// The value of the last numbered `core.lockfilePid` entry, which is the one Git applies.
let mut effective: Option<OsString> = None;
let mut index: u64 = 0;
while index < count {
let key: Option<OsString> =
environment_value(environment, format!("GIT_CONFIG_KEY_{index}").as_str());
let value: Option<OsString> =
environment_value(environment, format!("GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_{index}").as_str());
// A missing numbered entry makes Git fail; stopping here also bounds this loop
// by the real environment size instead of by an arbitrary declared count.
let (Some(present_key), Some(present_value)) = (key, value) else {
return Vec::<(OsString, OsString)>::new();
};
if present_key
.as_encoded_bytes()
.eq_ignore_ascii_case(b"core.lockfilepid")
{
effective = Some(present_value);
}
index += 1;
}
// `if let Some(value) = &effective && ...` borrows the stored value when one exists
// and then also requires the second condition, like `a !== undefined && check(a)`.
if let Some(value) = &effective
&& is_true_spelling(value.as_os_str())
{
return Vec::<(OsString, OsString)>::new();
}
// `vec![...]` builds an owned list; `OsString::from` copies text into OS form.
return vec![
(
OsString::from(COUNT_VARIABLE),
OsString::from((count + 1).to_string()),
),
(
OsString::from(format!("GIT_CONFIG_KEY_{count}")),
OsString::from(LOCKFILE_PID_KEY),
),
(
OsString::from(format!("GIT_CONFIG_VALUE_{count}")),
OsString::from("true"),
),
];
}
/// What:
/// Compute every variable cli-git sets for a real Git child:
/// the lock PID
/// injection plus the forward-target marker naming `real_git`.
/// Why:
/// Every Git the wrapper starts,
/// forwarded or queried,
/// gets the same additions;
/// the rest of the caller's environment is inherited unchanged.
///
/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
/// ```ts
/// function childEnvironmentOverlay(environment: [string, string][], realGit: string): [string, string][];
/// ```
pub fn child_environment_overlay(
environment: &[(OsString, OsString)],
real_git: &Path,
) -> Vec<(OsString, OsString)> {
let mut overlay: Vec<(OsString, OsString)> = lockfile_pid_overlay(environment);
// `.as_os_str().to_os_string()` copies the path's raw bytes without any decoding.
overlay.push((
OsString::from(FORWARD_TARGET_VARIABLE),
real_git.as_os_str().to_os_string(),
));
return overlay;
}
/// What:
/// The complete environment of a Git child that is started with a cleared environment:
/// the caller's variables, with every name the overlay sets replaced by the overlay's value.
/// Why:
/// The incumbent's push coordination, push and manual-push probe inherit the whole process environment
/// (`HOME`, `PATH`, `SSH_AUTH_SOCK`, the user's `GIT_*` variables) plus the overlay,
/// and a credential helper or transport needs them;
/// the overlay alone would start Git with an almost empty environment.
///
/// In TS you'd write (pseudocode):
/// ```ts
/// ({ ...process.env, ...Object.fromEntries(overlay) })
/// ```
pub fn environment_with_overlay(
environment: &[(OsString, OsString)],
overlay: &[(OsString, OsString)],
) -> Vec<(OsString, OsString)> {
// `mut` lets the overlay entries be appended after the surviving caller entries.
let mut result: Vec<(OsString, OsString)> = Vec::with_capacity(environment.len() + overlay.len());
for (name, value) in environment {
let replaced: bool = overlay.iter().any(|(overlaid, _value)| {
return overlaid == name;
});
if !replaced {
result.push((name.clone(), value.clone()));
}
}
result.extend(overlay.iter().cloned());
return result;
}
/// Lookup and count-parsing controls,
/// checked against real Git.
#[cfg(test)]
#[path = "child_environment_count_tests.rs"]
mod count_tests;
/// Overlay controls and the shared environment builder stay out of the release executable.
#[cfg(test)]
#[path = "child_environment_tests.rs"]
mod tests;